A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 83
... Hear our great poet , who was as fond of a rustic supper as any man , and has recorded his roasting chestnuts with his friend Diodati . Then to the spicy nut - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How fairy Mab the junkets eat ...
... Hear our great poet , who was as fond of a rustic supper as any man , and has recorded his roasting chestnuts with his friend Diodati . Then to the spicy nut - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How fairy Mab the junkets eat ...
Page 104
... hear I am not afraid . The ousel - cock , so black of hue , With orange - tawny bill ; The throstle with his note so true , The wren with little quill . Tita . What angel wakes me from my flowery bed ? Bot . The finch , the sparrow ...
... hear I am not afraid . The ousel - cock , so black of hue , With orange - tawny bill ; The throstle with his note so true , The wren with little quill . Tita . What angel wakes me from my flowery bed ? Bot . The finch , the sparrow ...
Page 106
... hear some music , my sweet love ? Bot . I have a reasonable good ear in music : let us have the tongs and the bones . Tita . Or say , sweet love , what thou desir'st to eat . Me- Bot . Truly a peck of provender ; I could munch your good ...
... hear some music , my sweet love ? Bot . I have a reasonable good ear in music : let us have the tongs and the bones . Tita . Or say , sweet love , what thou desir'st to eat . Me- Bot . Truly a peck of provender ; I could munch your good ...
Page 114
... hears of his pursuit , and she and all her maids of honor secrete themselves in a nutshell . Pigwiggen goes out to meet the king , riding upon a fiery earwig ! A FAIRY'S ARMS AND WAR - HORSE . His helmet was a beetle's head Most ...
... hears of his pursuit , and she and all her maids of honor secrete themselves in a nutshell . Pigwiggen goes out to meet the king , riding upon a fiery earwig ! A FAIRY'S ARMS AND WAR - HORSE . His helmet was a beetle's head Most ...
Page 144
... hear himself named in a palace he never heard of , though so nigh his father's capital ; and he could not comprehend how he should be known to a lady who was a stranger to him . " By the way , who knows what our geologists may come to ...
... hear himself named in a palace he never heard of , though so nigh his father's capital ; and he could not comprehend how he should be known to a lady who was a stranger to him . " By the way , who knows what our geologists may come to ...
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